One thing I worry about is a contingent presidential election. That situation arises when no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes (270 of 538). Should this situation arise, Congress gets to pick the next president and vice president.

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      That’s great, but a civil war won’t be decided by citizens with guns. It’s going to be military and police forces. How confident are you that they are all on the right side?

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        Georgia military ballots went to Biden 2:1. Police forces swing Republicans. Military is overall younger which means they vote Democratic. The military and the civilians that sides with them calls the shot in a hypothetical civil war.

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        Oh they’re definitely almost all on the ‘right’ side. I think there’s an acronym people sometimes like to throw out that illustrates the reality of the situation.